Stencil-frame.



PATENTED JAN. l, 1907. J. S. DUNCAN.v

STENCIL FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED SH12. 1904.

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ASSGNOR T() DDRE TEU lLLlllOlS; A.' @GRECE-AWGN .Patented Jan. l., 199?.

[pplicfttion ilerl September 2, 19%. Serial No. 223.097.

noie, "eve invented newv end. Meinl improve ments i. Steneildimrnes, ei which tire tollowing is specification.

The "object ei this invention is to provide durable Steneil-i'reme light in Weight which een be veasily produced inj large quantities and low cost.

in the eeeonrgmnying drawings, Figure it i5 e. ple-n View oit e stencil-imo@ embodying my invention and xvi .li t steneil pasted thereon. .2 aeeetionai 'View on the line oi l. Fig. 3 shows another forni et eteneii-'iren'ro emlie' iying my invention and With'a, eteneil rstened thereto by clips. Fig. l is e. detail enlarged Sectional. View on the line Ll il oi' Fig. 3.

'llie treme 5 is mede oi fr single sheet ol peetelooerd or ether edite-"rile light n'ieteriel, und its en@ and bottom e @es 'nei'eratbly provided with einetellie l; .ong 5, formed 'by bending metal '1 i the edges end preeeing them 't' in plee-e thereon. in the upper pert or oboerd ironie l prol en opening 7, o ver erhielt tlifstencil 8 is A.ely tastened, either by pnstn it to tlie :te Shown in lfig. i, er by clamping its e under tire binding-Stripe shown et 9 n iL Y toning its edgeeto l() or other ioetenng 'ilie steoeil may otherwise per-- reine( by ineane. menently secure te the 'l'rtuiijie over the opening therein. .egt ti lower partei tlieireme, beneath the eteneilopening, lprevide e ree orrtepeee ll, on Wliieli any ineinorend may printed er Written. llt t`n upper ge of the frame and between en( provide one r more index ldie li? te reoe index entre actors of any kind. and the corners of ille frente. may be .3 ended li ind 'uoper edge ei the trafo 7.-., ae indicated by' "m, fig'. 3, to protect the talos.

'ilre paetelioard frames een be eeenv ent in large quantities und tire edges thereof bound, es sitown end derserileed, at a very low oost, and the binding et the ends et the frame een be 'utilized to fasten the ends of tlie stencil, es shown in Figs. 3 end fr, if desired. The stencile are permanently fastened to tlie fremes, end this een be dene, as previousb'r de seri'oed, by pasting the margin of the stencil to the edges of tile frame surrounding the opening therein, or @lips or other fastening tleviees of a suitable character een be einh ployed for tliie prpose. 'When the stencils are worn out or lieve'otlierwise become use less, een be torn out of the frame and new stencils fastened thereto.

in using the ire-nies in zr card-index syetern only' limited number may be grovided with tabs vfor index. purposes, the index characters being printed or otherwise :rlilxed to tlie talos The location of the stencil adjacent to tlie11p- `ier edge of the trente permits the names to ibe readily exenxined without removing the trames from the tray in which :1 number of li-einee are stored. 'llie space 1l may be utilized to receive rnenmrzrnded relative to the address on the Stencil, find it 'forros e een venient mea-ns for preserving information oi' this lrind directly associated with the eddress to which it relates.

lJitlrout limiting myself' to the exeet eenstruc-tien and arrangement oi? parte llore-in shown und described, what l claim, and deto 4'ee/eure by Le ttere Patent,1 iis-- l.. i eteneil-im1ne made ol single sheet of peetelioerd and having en opeuing edjef cent to its upper edge, e stencil permanently eet-erred to the freine over Said opening, e 1eeortl-sp:tee below tlre opening', end an index-aib et tlie upper edge of the frame and integra-l therewith.

2. A stencil-frame mede of a. Single sheet of nmteriel and having :in ripening in its np per part and e record-space belowltlie opening, a. steneil arranged over the opening, metal bindingestrips on the end edges of the ironie end overlapping' and holding the ends of the stencil, end e nieta-l binding-strip on the bottom edge oi the JOSEPH: S. DUNCAN..

lvitnesses WM. O. BELT, M. A. Knmm. 

